Tack-hammer



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G. .S. Y'INGLING, A. L. PLACK 8v H. T. HELLER.

TACK HAMMER.

No. 298,650. Patented May 13, 1884.

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GEORGE S. YINGLING, ALBERT L. ELAOK, AND HENRY T. HELLER, OF

TIFFIN, OHIO.

TACK-HAMMER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 298,650, dated May 13,1884.

Application filed April 3, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEO. S. YINGLING, ALBERT L. FLAcKfand HENRY T.HELLER, citizens of the United States, residing at Tiflin, in the countyof Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in TaclcHammers, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to improvements in tack-hammers, and has for itsobject to provide a cheap and durable article of general use andutility. The greater part of the hammer is cast in one piece. The handleproper is made in two pieces and secured together, the end being open,and adapted to be closed by a cork or its equivalent. The handle, beingconstructed as shown, forms a receptacle The advantage of this device isvery apparent, for when it is desired to use the hammer for drivingtacks they are always at hand, or handy! N 0 separate receptacle isneeded for the tacks, and they are always where wanted-that is, wherethe hammer is.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective of the hammer, andFig. 2 a side View with the handle in section.

A represents the head of the hammer, which may be of any approved shape,and having the usual striking-face and tack-drawing claw.

13 represents the shank of the hammer, and G a portion of the handle.The head, shank, and this portion of the handle are all cast in onepiece. The rear of the portion of the ban dle is continued at rightangles to the body of the same, and thereby forms the ring a, which isrecessed on its inner side, as shown, the said recess extending abouthalf-way around the inside circumference of the said ring. The portion 0is open 011 one side, which opening is closed by the piece D, whichforms about one-half or less of the handle of the, hammer. One end of Dfits in the recess in the ring a,

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which holds the said end in position. The other end is provided with alug, m, which fits in a recess in O, and thus keeps the piece D fromslipping.

6 represent a rivet or its equivalent, which passes through the piece Dnear the lug m, and also through the piece 0. This rivet, in 0011-nection with the recessed ring a and lug :12, holds the parts rigidlyand securely in place. The opening through the ring a, and so into thehandle, is closed by means of a stopper, F, preferably of cork. Thehandle being of two pieces enables the said handle to be cast of auniform thickness, and also much thinner the recessed ring on the end ofthe said handle all cast in one piece, the other portion being castseparately and secured thereto by the ring at one end and a rivet at theother, the handle being open-ended and. internally concave, and adaptedto receive and retain tacks, and to be closed by a suitable stopper, asset forth.

In testimony whereof we affiX our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE S. YINGLIN G. ALBERT L. FLAOK. HENRY T. HELLER.

"Witnesses:

HARRY TAGGART, Tires. J. 15mm.

